| 单词 | indian mallow |
| 释义 | > as lemmasIndian mallow Indian mallow n. any of various shrubby mallows of the genus Abutilon and related genera; esp. the yellow-flowered A. theophrasti of South Asia, which yields a fibre resembling jute and is widely naturalized (also called Chinese jute, velvetleaf). ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular cultivated or ornamental plants > particular flower or plant esteemed for flower > [noun] > mallow flowers abutilon1578 yellow mallow1597 Indian mallow1699 lavatera1731 modesty1809 butter print1872 Mormon weed1872 old maid1880 1699 Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 21 65 Those [Alceæ] of the Second Kind, or Indian Mallows, which he [sc. Hermans] calls by the Name of Althææ, bring forth Seeds either angulose or round. 1754 Catal. Seeds in Family Rose of Kilravock (1848) 428 Curled-leaved mallow...Abutilon, (Indian mallow). 1872 Trans. Dept. Agric. State Illinois 1871 9 p. ix The Indian Mallow (Abutilon Avacennae) variously known as ‘stamp weed,’ ‘velvet leaf,’ ‘butter print,’ ‘Mormon weed,’ etc. 1974 S. Clapham Greenhouse Bk. xviiii. 184 Abutilon (Indian Mallow). Half-hardy shrubs with bell-shaped or lantern-like flowers in summer and autumn. 2004 D. F. Austin Florida Ethnobot. 57/1 Abutilon permolle..[coastal] Indian mallow (Florida, Caribbean). < as lemmas |
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